Happy Friday, Curious Texans! We answered one of your questions this week. Here's what we found.

Happy Friday, Curious Texans! We answered one of your questions this week. Here's what we found:

1. Do the push buttons for pedestrians at some city crosswalks do anything at all? A reader noted years ago that it didn't matter if a pedestrian pushed a button to get the walk signal, the signal took just as long to change. He also remembered a 2014 Dallas Morning News article on the ineffectiveness of the buttons. He wondered what the status is of the buttons at intersections today. We asked the city.

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What do you wonder about the culture, people and institutions of North Texas -- and the rest of our great state? Help us investigate stories that matter to you.

What are Texans wondering?

We asked, you voted. Last week's winning question came from Don W. who asked Curious Texas: "What happened to the prehistoric creature that was recovered when DFW was built and displayed at Terminal B when Braniff used that terminal?"

Now, it's time to vote on a new set of questions. Which of these questions should we investigate next?

But the pool, built in 1960, unveiled renovations this season that included tiles with the names of nine Texas cities at the bottom. The pool is open to swimmers from May to September and costs $10 per person or $30 per family per day.

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People take a break from the 100 plus degree hot weather in The Texas Pool in Plano on Friday, July 20, 2018. (Vernon Bryant/The Dallas Morning News)(Vernon Bryant / Staff Photographer)

Arnessa Garrett, Assistant Metro editor. She has been at the Dallas Morning News since 2010, overseeing reporters in Collin County and in the Business section before moving to Metro. She was a 2018-19 Knight-Wallace fellow at The University of Michigan.